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thank you sir!
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Well that got messy
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You can also buy the brush on sealer dunno if that would work any better.
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Looks good. What sealer did you use and did you use a calking gun? Steve
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I think the finger paint method is the "proper" way to do it. That's how I did it on my floor as well and the stuff responds to that method pretty well.
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tried to lay a clean line with caulk gun, but it still needs smeared down into the voids and lay down a little flatter to the panel. i tried the whole "dip your finger in water" trick and it didn't seam to help much if at all.
i actually did 2 finger passes. one to press it into the panel gap and to lightly spread it out even, then another to flatten. if doing it again, i would run my finger in different directions each time to really press it into and behind all the welds better. right now i can see a few spots where there's a little void "behind" a weld. |
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That must be the official method. The last truck I did I tried wearing a latex glove, ya didn't last long and my finger was poking out lol. It's coming along nice.
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I find it dries fast but when done I have dipped my finger, or some sort of formed tool, in wax/grease remover or lacquer thinner and used that to smooth it out for the final. Whatever the caulking tube says to use for clean up should work to soften the surface for a nice smooth finish. I have done a real mess at times and finished with a solvent soaked rag to smooth and clean up the mess, it looked good when done and filled all the voids.
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i like the cleaning solution finger dip suggestion, i'll have to try that inside! i actually have a few cans of urethane reducer for paint too.
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I also used the finger smear method. Start with a glove... end with... hopefully a glove still :P
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Very nice work! I have always used the finger method too. Licking your finger works better than water but it is a bad taste after the first swipe.
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I prefer to use those cheap disposable acid brushes to smooth the sealer.
Looking good. Marc
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It's Monday......
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everything did not go as well as it could have ...
so Sunday morning i hauled it outside with a few buddies, my painting tent has not yet shown up. was a GORGEOUS day, but the light breeze was too much to paint in. i cleaned it up n got the primer on, but no way i could shoot color. the shadows were also crazy and i missed places that i looked at 3x. also now that it's all one color, i found a few places i want to go back and touch up, just clean up the weld spatter or edges a little more. ![]() |
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ANY progress is good progress...Is that DP40 primer? The green color looks like it.
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Ok, I used a lot of that myself....I like it for a rattle can product.
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yeah, i've always had reasonable luck with it. but this is the first time I'm doing a 2-part acrylic urethane over it. we shall see. I'm ok with just a rattle can finish, but i really wanted a little better chemical resistance for this. plus i couldn't find anything near the color i'm spraying in a can.
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Life is too shot not to Hotrod :rock:
WOW, that took maximum effort. 12:30pm i started chipping spatter, 8:30pm i finished dragging tools back in. So my tent showed up Monday night after i had a horrible day trying to paint the primer, just in time to mock me. then sitting in the team meeting Tuesday morning i was having an aneurism over the nice weather, told my boss i would try the work thing again today and left. cleaned up a lot more welding spatter i had missed until i could see it in primer, and scuffed the whole thing. neighbor came up n helped me set up the tent and move the chassis out, if it wasn't for him coming up when he did i'd have never gotten done. thank god for neighbors! i've painted before, but not enough to feel proficient with it. that first gun of paint is feeling awkward, but i wanted to hit the "gotcha spots" that wouldn't get much paint unless specifically hit ... i had a lot of those. just a little into that i'm under the chassis spraying the suspension tube work and splash most of my paint out on me and the ground when the lid pops off. well i gota finish the paint that's left in it ... while my hand glues to the gun. i had to do a full clean up of myself and the gun to start again. back at it, spraying along, 3rd gun of paint and i'm back under the chassis, spraying the same spot, and i laid in the puddle of paint. now my shirt is gluing itself to me while i finish this gun, my armpit sticking together. i still have orange armpit hair :facepalm: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by 6DoF; 11-10-2021 at 11:37 AM. |
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That frame came out gorgeous, and your story about the painting mishaps made my day (I have done something quite similar!).
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Awesome pics (especially the light up canopy at night). That orange chassis should pop nicely next to the blue body. I like your color choice.....Be bold my friend. Well done.
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Thanks!
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